Hip resurfacing: a narrative review of the past, present and future.

Hip Int · Sep 2026 · Review

Filer J, Baker RP

Avon Orthopaedic Centre, North Bristol NHS Trust, Southmead Hospital, UK

Adult Reconstruction

SUMMARY — THE REDUCTIONNarrative review tracing hip resurfacing's history, showing how past design and bearing-material successes and failures shaped today's indications, patient selection, and modern prostheses.
Abstract, as published

Hip resurfacing arthroplasty (HRA) has a rich history of innovation. This review documents the changes in HRA, focusing on how the successes and failures of different historical design concepts and bearing materials have shaped current indications and patient selection. We also examine the evolution and development of modern prostheses.

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